Comments on: Remembering Stonewall: A Sign of Progress?

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:31:46 +0000

Yes I didn’t mean it as people who recognize they have problems and are trying to help themselves. But you know what, when a drug addict smashes his car into an innocent person who’s crossing the street it DOES make them a bad person. Being gay or bi or transgender doesn’t make someone “bad”; it doesn’t hurt someone; it can’t take someone’s life away- how could you hate something that is harmless and full of love? I believe we should all love each other and focus that anger and hate to places that it’s much more deserved. And as Laur mentioned, I think it’s important to motivate people to stand up and not let something like these raids happen ever again!

And just on the drug addict/alcoholism/child molester/murder note. It’s not a disease it’s a choice. Being gay/straight/bi/transgender isn’t.

By: Lauren Felton

Lauren Felton — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:05:38 +0000

You’re right. Drug abuse — along with alcoholism, eating disorders and other types of addictions — is far too prevalent within the queer community. It’s important that we understand and generate awareness about it so that we can help combat this unfortunate problem.

By: Lauren Felton

Lauren Felton — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:51 +0000

I can’t speak for Emily, but I’m not sure she meant it in that way. I’ve seen friends struggle tremendously with overcoming drug addictions and it’s certainly nothing I hate them for — I have all the sympathy in the world for them when I see how difficult, how controlling and how miserable their addictions are. By the same token, drug abuse is not something we want to enable by “forgiving” it. For example, we might sympathize with alcoholics and wish them the best in recovery, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to do away with DUIs, alcohol awareness programs, etc. Since she mentioned drug addicts alongside drunk drivers, I assume she was referring to the negative effects of drug abuse rather than suggesting we incite violence against them as was done in this bar raid.

In my own post, by directing our anger towards more useful things I was suggesting we gear our activism towards things that are actually harming society (which drug/alcohol abuse certainly does, ESPECIALLY those suffering with addictions).

By: stefan

stefan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:37:36 +0000

the reason people “hate” the gay communtiy is they truly honestly feel they are doing “gods” work by hating them and that if they accept the gay people they will be somehow siding with the devil, I know its dumb…and these suposed christians dont realize that the person they are supposedly following NEVER once said anything against homosexuality and it did exist in jesus’ day!! the roman empire was in its glory days when jesus was alive and homosexuality was acceptable to roman society it really is only until now that “western” civilization has looked down on it now the gays back then would marry and have a child just to further his name and bloodline but would have many lovers of his choosing, and like the person above said about hating drug addicts many gays are addicts because they cannot accept themself and once they are able to stop hating on their own identity they can finally stop killing themself with drugs

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:31:50 +0000

umm!! drug addicts??? wtf?? drug addicts are people with a problem how about instead of HATING anyone we try to help each other…yes hating becuz someone loves cock or pussy instead of pussy or cock (LOL) is ignorant. Though hating someone becuz of drug addiction is just as ignorant!! when i got back from the military I started to have a drug addiction, though with the help and love of many within my life and new people I just met I was able to turn my life around and am now in college trying to earn a degree in respiratory therapy..i know you probably didnt mean it so hurtful as I took it but maybe next time you could choose your words a lilttle better,, sorry if I came of like attacking you, i just I went through alot,, and well i really hope i deserve a second, third, hell I messed up alot for about 4 years, and lhave a good year under my belt now, and its starting to look forward now,

By: Lauren Felton

Lauren Felton — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:53:21 +0000

Exactly! It’s amazing that we even have to talk about these things in 2009, still. I don’t understand people who focus all their energy into hurting others for wanting to solidify their loving, consentual relationships when there is so much evil going on in the world that we could be fighting against instead.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:41:46 +0000

I plain and simply do not understand how people can hate someone just because they chose to love someone else. What kind of world do we live in?

Can’t we find some better outlet for our hate… like how about hating about drunk drivers, drug addicts, wife and husband beaters, rapists, child molesters and muderers? It seems like we are more caring about them having rights and fair treatment and not being discriminated against. What a fucked up world.